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Fatal A38 crash in Stroud on 22 April 2018 at 02:20 involving a Mazda 6

A Mazda 6 crashed on the A38 in Stroud at 02:20 on Sunday 22 April 2018. A 21-year-old male passenger was killed.

It happened after dark with no street lighting in fine weather on a wet single carriageway with a 50 mph limit, away from any junction.

Severity
Fatal
Date
22 Apr 2018
Sunday, 02:20
Vehicles
1
Mazda 6
Casualties
1
1 killed

Location of the crash

Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.80185, longitude -2.29874, in the GL2 postcode district. It is one of the crashes that make up the Hardwicke, Stroud, GL2 2RQ area accident hotspot.

Map of where the crash happened in Stroud

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  • 1 crash
  • Fatal

Collision details

Basic information

Reference
2018530286549
Council area
Stroud
Police force
Gloucestershire
Police attended the scene
Yes
Highway authority
Gloucestershire

Road and location details

First road class
A
First road number
38
Road type
Single carriageway
Speed limit
50 mph
Urban or rural
Rural
Trunk road
Non-trunk road

Junction information

Junction type
Not at junction or within 20 metres

Pedestrian crossing information

Crossing facilities
No physical crossing facility within 50 m

Environmental conditions

Light conditions
Dark, no street lighting
Weather
Fine, no high winds
Road surface
Wet or damp

Enhanced collision data

How severity was recorded
From injuries recorded by police (CRASH system)

The 6 nearest recorded crashes

The nearest, 9 metres away, was a slight injury crash on 18 December 1981.

Vehicles involved (1)

  • Vehicle 1: Mazda 6

    Car

    Manoeuvre
    Going ahead
    Travelling from
    North East
    Travelling to
    South
    Position at junction
    Not at or within 20 metres of junction
    Skidding and overturning
    Skidded and overturned
    Leaving the carriageway
    Nearside and rebounded
    Hit object off carriageway
    Tree
    First point of impact
    Front
    Left-hand drive
    No
    Driver sex
    Male
    Driver age
    17 years
    Engine capacity
    1,999 cc
    Fuel or propulsion
    Petrol
    Vehicle age
    16 years
    Driver home area deprivation
    40 to 50% most deprived

Casualties (1)

  • Casualty 1: Passenger

    Fatal

    Male, aged 21, car occupant, in vehicle 1 (Mazda 6)

    Car passenger
    Front seat passenger
    Home area deprivation
    10% most deprived

Data source

This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 2018530286549 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Stroud road accident statistics for 2018.